HWC Day 6 - Defining the Social Sciences & Culture

Objectives:  Define history and the social sciences as they will be utilized in HWC.  Establish a basis for studying culture by defining the seven elements of culture.

Task:   Today, we'll spend the first portion of class watching three of the Primer presentations.  First, you'll need to share your GoogleDoc script and GooglePresentation with me so I can distribute to the class.  You also need to get out and hand in your rubric.  As you watch the presentations, please take notes on the main ideas and write down questions for the presenters.  We are under time constraints, so please don't try to write down everything - you will have access to the presentations to review at your leisure.  After the presentations, we'll continue with notes on the elements of culture.  To end class, you'll examine a dollar bill to demonstrate the integration of culture.

Homework:

• TODAY  - Primer presentations due at beginning of class
• TODAY - Watch & take notes on "Man & His Culture" (HWC Day 5) BEFORE class begins.  Be ready to discuss!
• Thursday, September 4 - Watch & take notes on "Becoming Human" interactive documentary BEFORE class begins
• Thursday, September 4 - Foundations Investigation due by 3:00 (see reminders at AW80B HWC Day 4)
• Friday, September 5 - Globalization & Diversity chapter 1 reading quiz
• Monday, September 8 - Primer vocabulary quiz
• Wednesday, September 10 - Unit 1 Test

Political implications of map creation:
Christina Sterbenz "The Most Popular Map of the World is Highly Misleading" (Business Insider, 12/12/13)